by marciadmin | Jun 16, 2023 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Plotter vs Pantser: which are you? Or are you both depending on the book? This month’s topic for Round Robin is the process of writing your books. Well, the process of writing my books because this is my blog. (However, I would love to hear from you about your...
by marciadmin | Feb 18, 2022 | Blog Hops, Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Flawed Characters Describe a flawed character you might use in a story. How did they become so flawed? What part will they play in the story and what will happen to them? All of my characters are flawed. A perfect character would be boring. There would be no character...
by marciadmin | Jan 21, 2022 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Covid and Contemporary Stories How are you dealing with the COVID pandemic in your contemporary novels/short stories? Not as a political statement or polarizing pro/con mask stance, but the way the COVD virus effects the day-to-day lives of your characters and appears...
by marciadmin | Dec 18, 2021 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
How do your family experiences translate into writing scenes? Robin asked a difficult question this month. Honestly, I don’t think my family experiences have entered into any of my writing scenes. At least, not consciously. When I think about it, though, in my...
by marciadmin | Nov 20, 2021 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Flawed or evil characters, Round Robin, November 20, 2021 Flawed or evil characters inhabit a number of my books. Although I don’t depend on such characters to move the plot forward for every story, they are required for some of them. It all depends on the story, what...